Kenneth Heeley-Ray

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Kenneth Heeley-Ray (October 26, 1916 - January 19, 2006) was a British-Canadian film sound editor, [1] most noted as a Canadian Film Award and Genie Award winner for Best Overall Sound and Best Sound Editing. [2]

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Born and raised in Macclesfield, Cheshire, he began his career in British film before moving to Canada in 1952 to work for the National Film Board of Canada; initially a short-term contract, he remained with the agency for 12 years before beginning to work for commercial film studios in the 1960s. [3] He was also an occasional producer, winning a CFA in 1966 as coproducer with his wife Ann of the short educational film The Scribe. [2]

After his retirement from the film industry in the early 1990s, his colleagues began to organize a campaign to have the Genie Awards honour him with a lifetime achievement award. Their efforts quickly garnered enthusiastic support from Canadian and international industry figures including Oliver Stone, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Daniel Petrie, Christopher Chapman, Bob Clark, Harold Greenberg and Garth Drabinsky, all of whom wrote letters of tribute praising Heeley-Ray's dedication, professionalism and willingness to mentor younger colleagues entering the industry, to the point that even Genie publicist Maria Topalovich was moved to tears reading them. [3] He received the lifetime achievement award at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993. [1]

He died in 2006 on Saltspring Island, British Columbia.

Awards

AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef(s)
Canadian Film Awards 1966 Best Training and Instruction FilmThe Scribe
with Ann Heeley-Ray, John Sebert		Won [2]
1968 Best Sound Editing, Non-Feature A Place to Stand Won [2]
1975 Best Sound Editing Black Christmas Won [2]
Genie Awards 1980 Agency Nominated [4]
Murder by Decree Nominated
1981 Tribute
with Wayne Griffin, Patrick Drummond		Nominated [5]
1983 Quest for Fire
with Martin Ashbee,Kevin Ward, David Evans		Won [2]
Best Overall Sound Quest for Fire
with Claude Hazanavicius, Austin Grimaldi, Don White, Joe Grimaldi		Won
1984 Best Sound Editing A Christmas Story
with David Evans, Steven Cole, Wayne Griffin		Nominated [6]
Best Overall SoundA Christmas Story
with Dino Pigat, David Appleby		Nominated
1989 Best Sound Editing Iron Eagle II
with David Evans, Richard Cadger, Robin Leigh, Drew King		Nominated [7]
1993 Lifetime AchievementWon [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "A Genie for a sound career". The Globe and Mail , October 21, 1993.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN   0-7737-3238-1.
  3. 1 2 Sid Adilman, "Genie shines on creative people behind the scenes". Toronto Star , December 3, 1993.
  4. ↑ Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail , February 8, 1980.
  5. ↑ Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". The Globe and Mail , February 10, 1981.
  6. ↑ Jay Scott, "11 nominations for Chapdelaine in Genie race". The Globe and Mail , February 10, 1984.
  7. ↑ Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". The Globe and Mail , February 14, 1989.
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